Every Lake
Bear Lake
The Caribbean of the Rockies, twenty miles of turquoise on the Utah–Idaho line.
- 35 ft · first step
- 69 ft
- 104 ft
- 139 ft
- 173 ft
- 208 ft · bottom
About Bear Lake
Bear Lake straddles the Utah–Idaho border at 5,924 feet, about 20 miles long, 8 miles wide and 208 feet deep. Limestone suspended in the water gives it a Caribbean turquoise that is startling against the sage hills, and the lake holds four fish found nowhere else in the world, including the Bonneville cisco.
Garden City on the Utah side is raspberry-shake country; Fish Haven and St. Charles are the Idaho villages. The lake has been a cutoff, an oasis and a mountain-man rendezvous site since the 1820s.
- 12 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 496 roads engraved around the shore, 0 of them labeled
- 6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
- Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back
Turn it in your hands
Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.
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Bear Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Bear Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 35 ft, 69 ft, 104 ft, 139 ft, 173 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 208 ft. The lake covers about 109.3 square miles, and 496 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Bear Lake map for the wall — or a gift
Most of these go to a cabin wall, a lake house entry, or a home office; a lot are gifts — the family that has been on Bear Lake for three generations, the retirement move, the first boat. The 12-inch is the desk-and-shelf size; the 24- and 30-inch boards read across a room. Add a line under the title and star your place on the shore, and it becomes the map of your Bear Lake.
Bear Lake map — the details
How big is the map?
Four sizes: 12, 17, 24 and 30 inches on the long side, from $149. Every size is cut from the same depth data of Bear Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Bear Lake is cut layer by layer from published bathymetric soundings — each layer of birch is a depth contour, so the shape of the bottom is the real one, not decorative.
Can I add my own place on it?
Yes. At checkout you can add a line under the title (a family name, a cabin name, a year) and star the spot on the shore that matters to you.
How long does it take?
Made to order in Waterford, Pennsylvania and shipped in 7–10 days; shipping is free in the lower 48.
Can you make a lake that isn't listed?
Any lake in the United States — we hold depth data for 104,419 of them. Search for yours; if it isn't built yet we build it when you order.
- 6 depth layers down to 208 ft
- 109.3 square miles of water
- 496 shore roads engraved
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
